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San Francisco’s Alcatraz Evacuated After False Fire Alarm
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — About 1,100 people were evacuated from Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay after a faulty fire alarm went off Sunday afternoon, according to authorities. The alarm went...
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Texas Tourist Robbed Of Money, Hair In South San Francisco
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Police are searching for a group of men who, during an assault and robbery of a Texas man Monday night, stole a chunk of the man’s hair in addition to his personal...
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Bold Seagull Snatches Camera From SF Tourist, Shoots Golden Gate Sunset
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A seagull captured some stunning images of a San Francisco sunset after making off with a camera being used by a French tourist. The tourist is identified on YouTube as...
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13-Year-Old Tourist Hit By Car In Downtown SF
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A 13-year-old girl visiting San Francisco with her family was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries when she was hit by a car Friday night, police and fire officials...
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Community Corner: Bay Area Man Offers Traveling Peace Corps Style
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – If your idea of a great travel experience is going to remote villages and being the only tourist in sight, hanging out with the locals, and lending a helping hand to local...
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Tourist Acquitted Of Attacking SF Muni Driver Who Later Got Worker’s Comp
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Surveillance video from a San Francisco Muni bus has exonerated a Southern California tourist accused of assaulting the bus driver, who received more than a year’s worth of...
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Effects Of Government Shutdown Felt Across Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – From the federal building in San Jose to Alcatraz Island, there were obvious signs of the government shutdown’s impact on Bay Area workers, services, and out-of-towners. Some...
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SF’s Legendary, Terrifying ‘Bushman’ Street Performer Dead At 60
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A man who spent decades terrifying tourists along San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf area has died. Gregory Jacobs, who was better known as the bushman, passed away last Sunday....
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San Francisco To Close Popular ‘Crookedest’ Stretch Of Lombard Street To Cars...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — San Francisco will temporarily close a popular tourist spot that’s known as the “Crookedest Street in The World.” The city’s Municipal Transportation Agency unanimously voted...
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Utah Toddler Killed After Climbing Dolphin Statue During Family Vacation To...
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_0906201418454314440AA.mp4 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The San Francisco Police Department is investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy from Utah, after a...
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Support Grows For Utah Toddler Killed After Climbing Fisherman’s Wharf...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Money has poured in for a grieving Utah family of a 2-year-old boy who died in a tragic accident outside an art and sculpture shop in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf last...
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SFMTA Claims 1st Car-Free Weekend On ‘Crookedest’ Part Of Lombard Street Went...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The first weekend of a pilot program creating car-free access to San Francisco’s famously crooked Lombard Street went “relatively smoothly,” a San Francisco Municipal...
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‘Distracted’ Tour Bus Drivers Could Be Silenced From Narrating In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Tour bus drivers could be silenced to keep their focus on the road in San Francisco if a city supervisor has his way. Tour bus drivers have been allowed to narrate while...
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Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge Take Top Spots As Most Popular U.S. Landmarks
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two San Francisco landmarks took the top two spots in the 2015 TripAdvisor’s Travelers Choice awards for U.S. landmarks, TripAdvisor officials said. Alcatraz Island came in as...
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Tourist Shot Near SF’s Lombard Street, 2 Suspects Lead Police On Chase Across...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A tourist visiting San Francisco was shot when he chased after two suspects who allegedly stole an electronic device from the man near Lombard Street. The shooting was reported...
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2 Men Arrested On Suspicion Of Shooting, Robbing Tourist Near San Francisco’s...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two San Francisco men have been identified as the suspects arrested for allegedly shooting a tourist while robbing him of his camera near the city’s famous crooked section of...
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Another Tourist Robbed Of Camera Equipment In SF’s Nob Hill
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — An out-of-towner who was robbed of camera equipment by a group of men in San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood on Tuesday is the latest camera-toting tourist to be targeted in...
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Tourist Robbed Of Camera Near Fisherman’s Wharf
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — An out-of-towner who was robbed of camera equipment in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhood on Thursday night is the latest camera-toting tourist to be targeted in...
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Spring Break Particularly Hard On Hotel Workers
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Spring Break may mean sun and surf but for those in the service industry, particularly hotel workers, it can be the worst time of the year. Between the possibly intoxicated...
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Tourist Murder: Police Release Sketches Of Suspects That Stabbed British...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Police released sketches of two suspects Monday in connection with the fatal February stabbing of a British tourist in San Francisco and are asking for the public’s help to...
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SF Alamo Square Park Closure Disappoints Tourists, But Neighbors Takes Advantage
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Alamo Square Park in San Francisco is closed through the end of the year, disappointing tourists—but giving locals an opportunity to re-forest the hill where they and their...
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70-Year Sentence For Menlo Park Sex Tourist On 35th Trip To Cambodia
MENLO PARK (AP) — Authorities say a Menlo Park man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for traveling to Cambodia to have sex with young girls. The U.S. attorney in Los Angeles said in a statement...
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Camera Robbery Victim Dragged By Getaway Car From San Francisco Tourist Spot
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A man was dragged by a vehicle when he tried to hang on to his camera during a robbery Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, police said Thursday....
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SoCal Man Charged With Killing Of Australian Tourist in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A Southern California man accused of killing an Australian tourist in a fight in San Francisco early Friday morning has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, assault and...
View ArticleSFO Vending Machine Sells Warm Jackets To Cold Bay Area Summer Tourists
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL (KPIX) – San Francisco International Airport now has a hot spot to pick up something warm to wear to survive our cooler weather. It’s a fast and convenient way for travelers...
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Authorities Search For Missing Canadian Mother And Daughter
SAN MATEO COUNTY (CBS SF) — Officers across California are looking for a Canadian woman and her young daughter who went missing over the weekend. 29-year-old Audrey Rodrigue and her 10-year-old girl...
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Missing Canadian Woman And Daughter Found Safe
SAN MATEO COUNTY (CBS SF) — The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office reported Thursday evening that the Canadian woman who had gone missing with her daughter earlier this week were both found safe....
View ArticleTourist Cited After Riding Scooter On Bay Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A tourist visiting from the East Coast was cited after riding a motorized scooter on the Bay Bridge, the California Highway Patrol said Wednesday. CHP’s San Francisco office...
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